The Day in Photos (May 31, 2010)

GEORGIA - People walk through the vast rows of military dead after a Memorial Day ceremony at the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta. Hundreds of people participated in the 62nd annual event at the cemetery, which opened in 1866.

AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser

FRANCE - Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic returns the ball to Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova during their fourth-round match for the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

CALIFORNIA - Chris Nasson, of Boston, rubs his eyes while visiting the grave of his best friend, Army Sgt. Donald Munn II, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. Munn was killed Oct. 11, 2007 by an improvised explosive device near Baghdad, Iraq.

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

MIDDLE EAST - The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis.

AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

SPAIN - Pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside Spain’s Foreign Ministry during a protest against Israel in central Madrid. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis.

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

COLORADO - Runners compete for the citizens’ title in the 32nd annual running of the Bolder Boulder 10-kilometer road race through the streets of Boulder.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

TURKEY - Protesters take part in a demonstration at Taksim square in Istanbul. About 10,000 people gathered in the Turkish capital to protest Israel’s military assault on a convoy of six humanitarian aid ships traveling to Gaza. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships in Mediterranean international waters, carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists towards the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 10 passengers in the predawn raid.

AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta

GEORGIA - Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel argues with umpire Larry Vanover after being ejected in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta.

AP Photo/John Bazemore

GEORGIA - Stanford’s Bradley Klahn celebrates his 6-1, 6-2 win over Louisville’s Austen Childs in the men’s singles final of the NCAA tennis tournament in Athens.

AP Photo/Athens Banner-Herald/David Manning

PENNSYLVANIA - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf throws during the first inning against the Chicago Cubs during a baseball game in Pittsburgh.

AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

SOUTH AFRICA - Brazil’s goalkeeper Julio Cesar stops the ball during a training session in Johannesburg. Brazil is preparing for the upcoming World Cup tournament.

AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan

LOUISIANA COAST - A supply vessel passes through oil floating near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

EGYPT - An Egyptian protestor shouts anti-Israeli slogans in front of a Palestinian flag during a rally in Cairo, after Israeli commandos stormed six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Israeli commandos stormed six humanitarian aid ships in Mediterranean international waters, on Monday, en route to the blockaded Gaza Strip, where at least 10 people died and dozens were wounded according to Israeli military statement. The ship convoy was organized by the Free Gaza group, who were attempting to break a three-year Israeli blockade of Gaza.

AP Photo/Amr Nabil

CHINA - A woman reacts as she poses for photographs in front of the iron sculptures of wolves created by Chinese artist Liu Ruowang entitled “Wolf Coming” on displayed at an art district in Beijing.

AP Photo/Andy Wong

AFGHANISTAN - U.S soldiers pay their Memorial Day tribute at a gathering in Kabul. U.S. military death toll in the Afghan conflict reached the 1,000 mark on May 28, 2010.

AP Photo/Saurabh Das

ALABAMA - Charon Rivers, the mother of Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas E. Rivers Jr., from Hoover, Ala., who was killed in Helmand province in Afghanistan in April 2010, visits her son’s grave at The Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo. The cemetery held its first Memorial Day observance since burials began at the 479-acre site last June.

AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Bernard Troncale

ILLINOIS - People brave a driving rain storm after President Barack Obama encouraged them to go to their cars for safety during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

ILLINOIS - President Barack Obama walks off stage in the rain after urging the crowd to go to their cars, Monday, June 31, 2010, during a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.